Fastbreak: Singler honored, Jacob update
Singler honored, Jacob update
Wednesday, April 8, 10:30 a.m. PT
South Medford senior E.J. Singler has been selected the 2009 Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) 6A State Player of the Year. Singler, one of two players who signed a National Letter of Intent with Oregon during the early signing period, averaged 21.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.0 steals per game in 2008-09.
Singler is the second consecutive 6A Player of the Year that the Ducks have added to their roster. Last year’s honoree Garrett Sim, from Beaverton’s Sunset High School, started 26-of-31 games for UO this past season.
Singler helped the Panthers to a 21-8 record and a sixth-place finish at the OSAA Class 6A tournament. The 6-foot-6 forward averaged a tourney-high 26.3 points and 11.7 boards per outing. Singler shot 47 percent from the field (27-of-57) and 79 percent from the charity stripe (23-of-29) in three games.
Singler, who has also been named the 2009 Gatorade Oregon Boys Basketball Player of the Year and the Southwest Conference Player of the Year, maintains a 3.66 grade-point average.
Chipola College (Fla.) freshman Jeremy Jacob, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound forward, is the other player who signed an NLI with UO. Jacob helped lead his team to a 34-2 record and a third-place finish at the 2009 National Junior College Athletic Association Men’s National Basketball Championship in Hutchinson, Kan.
The Indians, who ended the regular-season as the top-ranked team in the NJCAA Top 25 Poll, defeated Conners State College, 102-70, in the consolation game of the national tournament. Chipola lost a 78-73 semifinal contest to Salt Lake Community College, a team that would go on to defeat Midland in the title game.
Chipola had a 32 game winning-streak before falling to Salt Lake CC. The only other loss came early in the season to Three Rivers College (78-71).
